Telmo Ferreira
Wait!
Just a little bit…
Ok?
Juliet’s lips are getting close to mine.
I feel the warmth of her face on mine.
Here comes the big event…
Wait! OK?
I’m not scared…
I’m not. Believe me!
It’s not like I’m clinging to the highest diving board of a pool, afraid to jump.
It’s not!
When her eyes closed;
When her face moved closer to mine;
I leaped into the pool.
From this side of the stage, in the audience, some feet begin to tap to the rhythm of the clocks that keep moving forward, but don’t they see that time has stopped?
I’ve leaped, but I’m not yet wet.
With time stopped, I’m suspended in the air.
With time stopped, I’m flying.
Flying through space transports us to another place.
Returning from the clouds, we can reach anywhere on earth.
But it’s not quite flying!
Flying through time transports us to another moment.
By stopping time, we can go to all sides of feeling.
Isn’t that what flying is?
If we always end up falling, isn’t flying this suspended time when our feet are no longer grounded, allowing us to go anywhere?
From here or from now, I can feel myself kissing Juliet in a thousand ways without diving into the one kiss I will give.
I stop time for just a minute, promising everyone that they will arrive at their time just one minute late.
Then understand it.
Time, of course!
Stop shouting with your feet the time of the clock you think you’re losing.
Ok…
Now…
Just wait a little bit longer…
There it is, the kiss!
Are you now on the edge of your seat with your hands gripping the chair arms?
Don’t be scared, you won’t suddenly start flying around the theater by magic
I told you: it wasn’t me who was scared…
One day, I’ll invite you to travel through feelings and only return at the end of the play.
Are you going to turn the page?
Wait!
Just a little bit…
Ok?
For the most daring Stoic